Saints swept

April 09, 2008

NEW ULM, Minn. - Presentation College pounded out 22 hits in a softball doubleheader with Martin Luther College, but lost both game of the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference twin bill to the Knights. Martin Luther won the first game 11-3 and took game two by an 18-5 score. The Saints scored first in each game but those leads did not last long. In game one, back-to-back doubles from Meghan Schmidt and Hannah Heidelberger put a first-inning run on the board for PC. By the time the Saints scored again in the fourth inning, Martin Luther had built a 11-1 lead. Presentation's next run came courtesy of an Angie Jallo single in the fourth inning and its final run scored on a passed ball in the fifth. Dana Chalupsky and Heidelberger finished with two hits each for Presentation. Presentation held a 3-1 lead in game two, a pair of runs scoring on Stephanie Bohlander's single in the first inning, before Martin Luther put up four runs in the second inning and half a dozen more in the third inning. The Saints plated two more runs in the fourth inning, one scoring on a sacrifice fly by Chalupsky and the other on a passed ball. Presentation coach John Krogstrand said the Saints are hitting the ball well right now. “I was pleased with our offensive output. The girls are really getting after it at the plate,” said Krogstrand. “You have to credit Martin Luther. They were finding ways to get on base and had a lot of hustle plays.” The Saints were victimized by a total of 16 walks issued in the doubleheader. “When you give a good-hitting team free baserunners, that is always going to come back to haunt you,” said Krogstrand. Meghan Schmidt led the Saints with three hits in the second game, including a double. Bohlander and Telishia Devericks added two each. Schmidt, who went 8-for-9 in a doubleheader against North Central last Friday, has been consistent at the plate, said Krogstrand. “She's been on a tear this season, and hitting around .550 or .600,” said Krogstrand. “She's really a catalyst at the top of the order. She's hustling down the line and turning singles into doubles, and doubles into triples.” The Saints are home this weekend to host a pair of UMAC teams as Crown College visits Aberdeen on Friday for a 3 p.m. doubleheader and Northwestern on Saturday for a 1 p.m. doubleheader. Presentation 100 11- 3 10 2 Martin Luther 236 0x-11 11 1 Stephanie Bohlander and Dana Chalupsky; Heather Korb and Jessica Henning, Anna Panning. 2B - Presentation College, Meghan Schmidt, Hannah Heidelberger 2, Chalupsky, Angie Jallo; Martin Luther, Amanda Mikula 2, Carol Niemi. 3B - Martin Luther, Mikula. Presentation 210 20- 5 12 4 Martin Luther 146 7x-18 16 2 Devericks and Bohlander; Jaquelyn Colletta and Panning. 2B - Presentation College, Schmidt; Martin Luther, Niemi, April Cook, Jill Anding.